漢文

• 読み: かんぶん
• ローマ字: kanbun
• 漢字の分解: 漢 (kan) — Chinese, Han; 文 (bun/fumi) — writing, text
• 発音: /kan.bɯn/

意味

Classical Chinese writing; kanbun. Texts written in classical Chinese, particularly as read and studied within the Japanese literary tradition.

漢文 refers to the tradition of writing in classical Chinese as practised by Japanese scholars and officials. Japanese readers used an elaborate annotation system (訓点) to convert Chinese syntax into Japanese word order, creating 書き下し文. Proficiency in 漢文 was the hallmark of a learned person from the Nara through Meiji eras and remains part of the high school and university curriculum.

例文

1. 漢文の素養は明治時代の知識人にとって不可欠だった。
2. 高校の古典の授業で漢文の読み方を習った。
3. この寺の碑文は漢文で書かれており、解読に専門知識が必要だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: classical education, literary history, scholarship

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

From 漢 (Han Chinese) and 文 (writing, text). Literally 'Chinese writing,' referring to classical texts in the Chinese literary tradition as studied in Japan.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Students

社会的背景: Educated